Lady Meek – Interview

Lady Meek interview as seen in Confusion Magazine issue 37.

Manserama 2023 – Tampere, Finland

Finland’s locals never give up on celebrating our favorite pastime on four wheels. Over the last years, one town took up a really a massive collective effort and created what to me is one of the most lovely “skate towns” in Northern Europe – and that town is Tampere! Their work led to the creation of the infamous Kenneli DIY Bowl, the Pirkanmaan Kaarikoirat ry association, the outdoor bowl of Iso Villunen, and plenty of cool skate spots all around town.

Joni Kiiskila. Fixing the bar onto the ramp before going for the boneless at Suvilahti DIY.

KLAPI STREETBOARDS – PISTE

Klapi is a fully Finnish company. We like sauna and beer. The OG members who started this are Joni Kiiskilä (featured on the cover of Confusion issue #16), Oskari Kantonen, Jukka Maine and Markus Aso.

This is the final movie of Klapi. Enjoy if you can, have a fucking good time! R.I.P. Klapi.

Joensuu DIY – Finland

This place is situated in Joensuu which is a small city in eastern Finland. This DIY spot is actually a street takeover.

Antti Vierola. 5-0 nose grab while Juuso Aalto is working. Photo: Samu Karvonen

Suvilahti DIY skatepark – Helsinki, Finland

We had this small skatepark in the early 90s where we built skateable obstacles. Some neighbors complained about the noise and the city people tore it down. We didn’t have a permit to build anything but that didn’t stop us because there was no other skatepark anywhere near. We ended up building several different parks but every one of those were destroyed by the city of Helsinki….

Santeri Kulmala - Fs rock n roll @ Ruoke DIY. (Before the renovation)

Ruoke DIY – Finland

The spot is about 10 km from Jyvaskyla, near Ruoke village in the middle of nowhere on this abandoned highway stop. Those barriers have been there for ages and we all have had our eyes on them for years. Two years ago Ville and few other guys started this spot by doing a small concrete tranny to make one of those barriers skateable